Jay Kline

9.3

Over the last few years, I’ve grown quite fond of Raul Pérez’s wines. The challenge is, some of them can be rather elusive. “La Penitencia” is one of those wines. So I was pretty excited to try this. Popped and poured; consumed over three days. Wine pours deep ruby bordering purple and slightly turbid with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity. There does appear to be a small amount of fine sediment clinging to the side of the glass. On the nose, the wine is intense. There’s obvious presence of VA and overall, comes across natty; more than any other Raul Pérez wine I’ve had before. That being said, it is remarkably fresh with notes of cherry and blackberry; the pits, seeds, stems and all. There’s also spices, cinder block, and un-excavated basement. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+, bordering on high acid. Again, bright red and dark fruits along with pomegranate, grapefruit, and basil. The finish is a touch mousey with a biscuity sort of thing happening but it’s tolerable and I’m pretty sensitive. This would be too wild for many. Reminds me a bit of Fabio Gea’s “Onde Gravitational”. Plenty of life ahead for these. As it stands, I have another bottle and I won’t be in any particular rush to drink it. Lovely stuff. — 3 years ago

Alex Mutch

9.0

Just a little funky, nice cloudy color, delightful natty with ancestral method — 5 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.2

floral, red fruits, high acid, natty 👌 — 5 years ago

Mic Naranjo

9.1

Iron, roasted pepper, still plenty of fruit, natty, juicy. — 6 years ago

Charlie Evans

9.3

Natty bubbles and silly good. This was in a category unlike anything I can recall. — 6 years ago

Max Singer

9.1

Best thing out of Utah since Stockton & Malone. Has a little more depth than your avg light chilled natty red. From DomaineLA — 6 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Clear ruby, light sediment, slight fizz, raspberry fruit, bright. A natty wine with crossover appeal 😋 — 3 years ago

romo

9.1

Natty, saline, food friendly. Find a shellfish pasta or cacio e pepe. — 4 years ago

Scott Petrus

9.0

Natty Williamette Pinot. Cranberry’s and cherries. Beautiful. — 5 years ago

Madeline Schimmels

9.3

My local natty wine bar just got this bottle in and a couple of my friends and I guzzled it dowwnnn. Delicious. Light-medium body, tart raspberry, lots of mineral-ity, dry to off-dry. Ashy, berry filled nose. Ruby colored juice. Would drink again. Goes down easyyy. $40 — 5 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.2

Rayas on mushrooms. Once the slightly reductive natty blows off, it’s a tender, detailed and savory Garnacha of real class. Heard a lot about Comando G, and my first experience with their wines did not disappoint. — 6 years ago

Kyle Harvey

8.9

Assault on Japanese Natural Wine Scene Wine No. 2 - good balance for supermarket Languedoc natty blend — 6 years ago

Tess Landon

9.4

Solid natty orange great with food — 6 years ago

Michael Wilson

9.2

Really enjoyed this natty bojo — 4 years ago

Adriana Fabbro

8.9

A natty, crowd-pleasing backyard pounder from the Ardeche. 90% Gamay, 10% Merlot. Red fruited (strawberry, red plum, red currant), with pepper, baking spice and a graphite/slate mineral note. Served with a slight chill. VA became more apparent midway through the meal but was subtle enough to still enjoy. — 4 years ago

Scott Petrus

9.4

Can’t get enough of this natty Chablis. Meyer lemon and tart apple jump out of the glass. The finish wipes the palate clean and draws you in for another sip. — 5 years ago

Ross Baldassaro

9.0

Very nice muddled earth-stewed red fruits and blackberries. Definitely a stereotypically natty wine; no surprise being imported by J&F, but still a lot of complexity and balance here with a short decant. Nice and lovely for a fairly entry level Kekfrankos despite being a bit powerful/extracted, with potential for short-term cellaring. — 5 years ago

Nikki Goddard, DWS

9.8

The definition of a Nikki wine. Earthy dried sour cherry and strawberry, rose petal, violet. Sour funky barnyard. Dried savory herbs, straw, pipe tobacco. Natty prickly acidity, saline/mineral core, delicately textured but insanely flavorful, bright and vivacious. Alive, in fact. Just wow. — 6 years ago

with Emmett

Ian Staub

8.9

Nice little Natty BDX blend from Veneto. Fruit is ripe and suave but it’s got an earthy mineral edge. Acid and tannin both elevated, this was an absolutely perfect foil for a rich homemade pici pasta with sausage, pesto, and farmers market tomatoes. Forgot about it in the fridge for a couple days, mousy on day 3, so drink quickly. — 6 years ago

Erica Rosen

9.0

Natty with perfect bit of funk. Enjoying it slightly chilled — 6 years ago